Thugs kill senior Soroti policeman
Julius Odeke
Soroti
Residents of Soroti town are gripped with fear after unknown thugs shot dead a
police officer on Wednesday night.
Wilbrod Obbo, 29, who was in charge of Kichinjanji Police Post on the outskirts
of Soroti town, was killed at around 9pm as he returned to the barracks from
office.
“The thugs wrestled Obbo and grabbed the gun from him since they were many,”
the District Police Commander, Mr Sam Musisi, told journalists yesterday. “They
used that very gun to shoot him and they went away with it.”
Mr Musisi said prior to Obbo’s death, he had received numerous threatening
phone text messages.
“Most of the messages were from suspected criminals warning him against
arresting them and their colleagues,” Mr Musisi told journalists at his office.
Without divulging details, he said the police have identified 15 suspects and
four had already been arrested.
“Among those arrested is an LC chairman believed to have chaired meetings that
plotted Obbo’s death,” Mr Musisi said.
He also hesitated to give out details on Obbo’s gun, saying it would jeopardise
investigations.
By press time yesterday, Obbo’s body was lying in Soroti Hospital mortuary
where hundreds of residents were going to pay respects.
Mr Musisi, who appealed for calm, said the corpse would be taken to Tororo
today for burial.
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